1. Nona Bernis Hendryx was born on October 9,1944 and is an American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, and author.
33 Facts About Nona Hendryx
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In 1977, Nona Hendryx released her self-titled debut solo album, a commercial failure that resulted in Nona Hendryx being released from her recording contract.
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In 1985, Nona Hendryx wrote and recorded the Grammy nominated song "Rock This House" with Keith Richards from her fourth solo album The Heat.
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Nona Hendryx went on to record the theme for Moving Violations and "I Sweat ", a commercial hit for Nona Hendryx from the Jamie Lee Curtis film Perfect.
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Nona Hendryx took part in the Artists United Against Apartheid project with the international hit, "Sun City", from the album of the same title.
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Nona Hendryx recorded "Transparent" from the 1988 Eddie Murphy vehicle, Coming to America.
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Nona Hendryx received an Emmy nomination as a composer of People: A Musical Celebration in 1996 for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.
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Nona Hendryx has appeared on the third season of The L Word.
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Nona Hendryx stated in an interview that her family's last name was originally spelled with an 'i' and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
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Nona Hendryx, who is of African American heritage, was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1944.
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Labelle, Dash, and Nona Hendryx all embarked on solo careers; Wickham stayed on with Nona Hendryx to manage her solo career.
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In 1977, Nona Hendryx released her first solo album, a self-titled collection.
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Nona Hendryx did find success doing session work during this period, most notably providing background vocals for Talking Heads and touring with them, appearing first at the major Heatwave festival in August 1980.
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Nona Hendryx contributed to Dusty Springfield's album It Begins Again in 1978 by writing the song "Checkmate".
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Nona Hendryx had two other major club hits soon after: a dance remake of The Supremes' "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart", and, in a lead vocal guest spot for the Cage, "Do What You Wanna Do".
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In 1985, Nona Hendryx wrote and recorded "Rock This House" with Keith Richards from her album The Heat.
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Nona Hendryx took a detour from commercial music with Skin Diver, a new age record produced with long-time Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann.
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Nona Hendryx wrote and performed the theme for Landlord Blues, while having a small part in the film as attorney Sally Viscuso.
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Nona Hendryx played herself in the late-1990s Pam Grier series Linc's, and at the end of the show, accompanied herself on the piano for "Lift Every Voice".
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Nona Hendryx has been involved in many musical collaborations, both for her vocals and her songwriting.
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Nona Hendryx has written songs for Dusty Springfield and Ultra Nate.
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Nona Hendryx has produced albums for Lisa Lisa and The Bush Tetras.
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Nona Hendryx sang lead vocals for two tracks "Higher Purpose" and "Beginning to End", featured on the soundtrack for the Showtime series Sleeper Cell.
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Nona Hendryx formed Rhythmbank, her own record label with Bob Banks, in 2005.
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Since the breakup of Labelle, Patti, Sarah, and Nona Hendryx have reunited on occasion.
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Labelle performed the theme song for the soundtrack for the film Preaching to the Choir, with Nona Hendryx being the composer of the film's soundtrack.
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On May 27,2010, Nona Hendryx performed selections from Skindiver, a sci-fi musical she is co-writing with Charles Randolph-Wright.
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Nona Hendryx released several singles in 2016, including a collaboration with American DJ and production duo, Soul Clap, which resulted in the single, Shine.
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Nona Hendryx collaborated with guitarist, Gary Lucas, that same year, which resulted in the album, The World of Captain Beefheart, a collection of cover versions of songs by avant-garde artist Captain Beefheart.
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In February 2018, Nona Hendryx released an EP, Keep Funkin, which was produced by Soul Clap, and featured contributions from Nile Rogers and Jason Miles.
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Nona Hendryx contributed vocals to another track, "Peel Back", produced by FSQ, which was included as a bonus track on digital versions of the Keep Funkin EP.
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Nona Hendryx has been living in the Upper West Side of New York City since the early 1970s.
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Nona Hendryx is a gay-rights activist; in summer 2008, she joined Cyndi Lauper on her True Colors Tour, raising awareness of discrimination and the LGBT community.